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Originally Posted by gregbradley
Perhaps the most exquisite stars I recall seeing in an astrophotograph.
For that alone the scope was worth the price.
Overall a fabulous image. Flawless.
Greg.
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Thanks Greg. Very kind. Went with a totally different layered masking technique to blend the Halpha. Seems to have worked
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Originally Posted by cventer
Wow Peter just lovely. Just catching up on this with color added. That STX16803 and scope are a winner of a combination. And o course the processing is excellent as well.
I just put an offer on an unsused STX16803 on Astromart but the seller wont bite. Only wants to ship inside USA :-(
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They are a superb camera with the RHA, as the off axis Guide stars are pristine dots and very easy to guide on even in SII.
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Originally Posted by Paul Haese
No not sharpening it was probably more to do with contrast in the original image. I guess I really like high contrast images, but that as you know has to be balanced against the dreaminess (er gaseous nature) of the nebulosity. Your latest version certainly has a lot more contrast in the surrounding nebula and out skirts (especially like the top left of the image which is lovely), but the key hole looks washed out or flat a little to me.
Yeah I hear you about weather. Our turn now.  Must have been something I said. Serves me right.  |
yep for me weather and work.... Now north of the equator for a bit.
Re: the keyhole, as one David Malin puts it, "respect the light". Unfortunately doing so means it will be bright and lacking contrast... Which is not to say I can't mask it off for a disrespectful version
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Originally Posted by marc4darkskies
Now you're talking Peter!! Very nice! |
Thanks Marcus. I think I'm bumbling along to a version I'll finally be happy with